Rooms Through Time: Winter Past, Museum of the Home, London
A festive makeover of this much-loved permanent exhibition has enabled the museum to tease out evocative stories of the winter season
Social history
Home comforts | Why museum interpretation of domestic life is evolving
Museums about the home are shifting their focus from design to a more personal narrative
Life in plastic | Barbie: The Exhibition, Design Museum, London
This exhibition provides a colourful time learning about the brand’s scale and influence
Books | Race and Sociocultural Inclusion in Science Communication
This book is a timely look at the need to recognise knowledge, finds Craig Smith
Landmark programme to tell stories from Aids pandemic
National HIV Story Trust awarded funding for regional roadshow
Material world | Weaving textiles into museum programming
Laura Moseley unravels the growth of material craft as a form of political and social expression
Books | Museums and Societal Collapse: The Museum as Lifeboat, by Robert Janes
How museums could help save society
On board | Skateboard, Design Museum, London
An exhibition on the social history of this urban sport
Q&A | ‘People in the Middle Ages were struggling with many things we’re still concerned with today’
David Silk, the learning manager at Newcastle Castle, reveals what his role embodies in the run up to the tour he's running as part of the MA conference
Remember, remember | The Gunpowder Plot immersive experience, Tower Vaults
This VR adventure captures the hearts and minds of its audience to create something truly unforgettable
Call to make 75th Windrush anniversary a ‘major national moment’
Letter urges government to raise profile of Windrush Day 2023 as new monuments are unveiled
People’s Palace in Glasgow reopens to public
Social history venue open seven days a week for the first time since pandemic began